Record cleaning - what's your method?

[Joe Mac]

Gonna ask here because it's the best place I can think of: what do you do with non-generic sleeves if you replace them with MoFi inners or some other inner swap? Like if you have a printed sleeve or a cardboard inner that's got some kind of design to it, do you just keep it in the record or store it somewhere else? Seems like if I try to stuff a printed inner and MoFi into the same sleeve it's usually too tight.

For generic paper or poly lined I bin them and replace them with the sleeve city ones. For printed inners I use the u type inners and slot them inside the printed inner sleeve.

 

[Hemotep]

For generic paper or poly lined I bin them and replace them with the sleeve city ones. For printed inners I use the u type inners and slot them inside the printed sleeve.

I actually find that a lot of printed inners will even fit the regular sized poly liner inside it.

 

[ngower]

Hmm, I might try that. I've been experimenting with puttng them in the gatefold or behind the outer but it's always wonky

 

[Nee Lewman]

Gonna ask here because it's the best place I can think of: what do you do with non-generic sleeves if you replace them with MoFi inners or some other inner swap? Like if you have a printed sleeve or a cardboard inner that's got some kind of design to it, do you just keep it in the record or store it somewhere else? Seems like if I try to stuff a printed inner and MoFi into the same sleeve it's usually too tight.

I store the records in rice paper sleeves behind the jacket in the outer. Generic sleeves get tossed. Printed inners go back in the jacket.

I use gatefold sleeve for gatefolds (use vss modulars or whatever they’re called to make trifold sleeves) and store similarly.

 

[tvham]

What's the best way to get fingerprints off a matte sleeve? So far I've only tried a dry cloth (Polly sleeping for clicks)

 

[wenis]

Anyone ever get small flecks of paint off a disc? I bought a copy of Miles Davis' "Water Babies" the other day and when I got home the disc had all these flecks on the disc. Before I take it back to the shop figure this might be a good opportunity to see what the process would be to clean this record.

 

[kvetcha]

Paint?? Are you sure it’s not just grains of other-color vinyl that got mixed in?

 

[budley007]

Anyone ever get small flecks of paint off a disc? I bought a copy of Miles Davis' "Water Babies" the other day and when I got home the disc had all these flecks on the disc. Before I take it back to the shop figure this might be a good opportunity to see what the process would be to clean this record.

I wouldn't even try, but if you're desparate, Neil Antin, "pacvr", might be able to help. I see him on SH forums and Audiogon all the time. He's pretty much a guru when it comes to vinyl cleaning chemicals.

He's very approachable so pop on over and hit him up. No Himalayan mountain climbing involved.

 

[wenis]

Paint?? Are you sure it’s not just grains of other-color vinyl that got mixed in?

it's got the raised texture of droplets on the disc and its just tiny little things too.

feels like paint to me.

 

[ngower]

I've never had that but I did have some kind of adhesive/glue/something stuck in grooves that took like five passes through the RCM before it was playable. If it is indeed paint I imagine an enzyme cleaner would do a lot of the heavy lifting

 

[kvetcha]

Could always try the wood glue trick, too.

 

[wenis]

yeah i think i had some wood glue around here somewhere. I just wanna try and keep the record if I can lol.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Are there divots under the paint or whatever? If so just take it back.

 

[displayname]

it's got the raised texture of droplets on the disc and its just tiny little things too.

feels like paint to me.

That's a return.

 

[wenis]

yeah taking it back today. called up the shop so at least I'll get some store credit.

 

[Thackeraye]

Fired up my Pro Ject VC-S2 for the first time in ages. Forgot how loud it was! Earplugs had to go in. Need to get back into the habit of cleaning my records, but I think I'll have to wait until I get the house to myself.

 

[Gavaxeman]

Fired up my Pro Ject VC-S2 for the first time in ages. Forgot how loud it was! Earplugs had to go in. Need to get back into the habit of cleaning my records, but I think I'll have to wait until I get the house to myself.

I love using mine - play a CD nice and loud in between that lovely woosh and nice clean vinyl - it’s my happy place !

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

What's the best way to get fingerprints off a matte sleeve? So far I've only tried a dry cloth (Polly sleeping for clicks)

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Try eye glass spray. I've used that in the past.

 

[ngower]

Anyone use anything other than distilled water as a first rinse? I was using some MoFi liquid that came in a bundle as my first step just to get the bulk of the dry debris off, before a AI6 clean and a final distilled water rinse. Now using the DW after running out of the MoFi. Is there any need to get a pre-clean/rinse of any kind? Using a VPI 16.5

 

[RHANDMJ]

Anyone use anything other than distilled water as a first rinse? I was using some MoFi liquid that came in a bundle as my first step just to get the bulk of the dry debris off, before a AI6 clean and a final distilled water rinse. Now using the DW after running out of the MoFi. Is there any need to get a pre-clean/rinse of any kind? Using a VPI 16.5

I never do a pre-rinse. Seems redundant, just use a dry brush to get rid of any surface debris and then let the RCM do its job.

I do use distilled water, only as a rinse when using Disc Doctor fluids.

I'm sure the MOFI distilled water sounds better, as it is digitally sourced.